180 Useful Synonyms Words List | IELTS Vocabulary

Learning Synonyms words is a basic and very important part of learning English. Here are some of the most useful synonyms words for IELTS. This list of synonyms words will help you expand your English vocabulary.

Synonyms Words List for IELTS

Synonyms are words that are similar or have a related meaning, to another word. They can be lifesavers when you want to avoid repeating the same word over and over.

List of Synonyms

Here is the useful list of synonyms words for IELTS in English.

• Accurate – correct
• Achieve – accomplish
• Active – energetic
• Adamant – firm
• Add – increase
• Adequate – sufficient
• Aggressive – assertive
• Aid – help
• Always – forever
• Amateur – beginner
• Ambitious – aspiring
• Approve – accept
• Arrive – reach
• Authentic – genuine
• Awful – dreadful, atrocious
• Bashful – shy, timid
• Beautiful – pretty, attractive (Pretty Synonyms)
• Before – prior, earlier
• Beginning – start, initiate
• Believe – trust, accept
• Below – under, lower
• Beneficial – helpful, useful
• Best – finest, choice
• Birth – beginning
• Blend – combine, mix
• Bottom – base, foundation
• Brave – courageous, bold
• Break – fracture, burst
• Brief – short, concise
• Buy – purchase
• Calm – quiet, tranquil
• Chilly – cool, nippy
• Chubby – plump, pudgy
• Clarify – explain, simplify
• Close – near, imminent
• Coarse – bumpy, rough
• Comical – amusing, funny
• Complex – complicated
• Confine – contain, enclose
• Conflict – fight, battle, struggle
• Conform – comply, submit
• Connect – join, link, attach
• Correct – accurate, right
• Courage – bravery, valor
• Courteous – polite, civil
• Cranky – cross, irritable
• Crazy – insane, daft, mad
• Cruel – mean, heartless
• Daring – bold, audacious
• Deduct – subtract, remove
• Defend – protect, shield
• Defy – resist, challenge
• Delicate – fragile, dainty
• Despise – hate, detest, loathe
• Destitute – poor, penniless
• Deter – hinder, prevent
• Determined – sure, convinced
• Dirty – soiled, messy (Dirty Synonym)
• Disagree – differ, dispute
• Dispute – debate, oppose
• Diverse – different, distinct
• Divide – separate, split
• Docile – tame, gentle
• Dubious – doubtful, questionable
• Dull – blunt, dreary
• Dumb – stupid, dense
• Easy – simple (Easy Synonym)
• Encourage – promote, support, urge
• Enjoy – like, appreciate
• Enlarge – expand, magnify
• Enormous – vast, immense, colossal (Big Synonym)
• Fast – rapid, quick, swift
• Fat – chubby, plump, stout
• Fatal – deadly, mortal, killing
• Fatigue – tire, exhaust
• Fiction – fantasy, untruth, myth
• Fill – load, pack
• Fraction – part, portion, segment
• Frigid – freezing, frosty
• Frivolous – trivial, unimportant, silly
• Furious – angry, enraged, infuriated
• Future – coming, tomorrow
• Gain – acquire, obtain
• Gaudy – showy, garish, vulgar
• Gaunt – scrawny, skinny, thin
• Generous – giving, selfless, big-hearted
• Great – outstanding, remarkable
• Handy – useful, convenient, skillful
• High – elevated, lofty
• Huge – vast, immense, great
• Humble – modest, unpretentious
• Humiliate – embarrass, disgrace, dishonor
• Identical – alike, duplicate
• Immaculate – spotless, pure
• Inferior – lesser, substandard
• Infuriate – enrage, agitate, provoke
• Ingenious – clever, creative, original
• Innocent – guiltless, blameless
• Interesting – provocative, engrossing
• Intolerant – bigoted, prejudiced
• Irrelevant – inappropriate, unrelated
• Join – connect, unite, link
• Jolly – merry, jovial, joyful
• Jubilant – overjoyed, delighted, elated
• Keep – save, protect, guard
• Least – fewest, minimum, smallest
• Logical – sensible, sane, rational
• Long – lengthy
• Luxurious – extravagant, elegant
• Magnify – expand, enlarge, exaggerate
• Meager – scanty, sparse, poor
• Mean – unkind, malicious, nasty
• Militant – combative, aggressive, warlike
• Minor – lesser, inferior, secondary
• Mirth – merriment, fun, laughter
• Mischievous – naughty, impish
• Moderate – temperate, lenient, medium
• Mysterious – elusive, occult, secret
• Naughty – bad, disobedient, wrong
• Nonchalant – indifferent, lackadaisical, blase
• Normal – ordinary, typical, usual
• Obey – mind, heed, comply
• Observe – examine, study, scrutinize
• Obsolete – extinct, dated, antiquated
• Optional – voluntary, elective
• Ordinary – usual, average
• Outrageous – preposterous, shocking
• Polite – gracious, refined, courteous
• Poor – destitute, needy, impoverished
• Portion – part, segment, piece
• Prompt – punctual, timely
• Proud – arrogant, elated
• Push – shove, propel
• Quit – cease, stop, withdraw
• Racket – noise, commotion, disturbance
• Ratify – approve, confirm, endorse
• Ravage – devastate, ruin, damage
• Raze – destroy, demolish
• Reluctant – unwilling, hesitant
• Remote – secluded, isolated, distant
• Repulsive – hideous, offensive, gruesome
• Reputable – honorable, upstanding, honest
• Resist – oppose, withstand, defy
• Retaliate – avenge, revenge, reciprocate
• Reveal – show, disclose, divulge
• Same – identical, alike, equivalent
• Serene – peaceful, tranquil, calm
• Serious – grave, solemn, pensive
• Shrewd – clever, cunning, crafty
• Sluggish – listless, lethargic, inactive
• Small – little, insignificant, trivial
• Smooth – slick, glossy, level
• Sociable – friendly, cordial, gregarious
• Sorrow – woe, anguish, grief
• Special – exceptional, notable, particular
• Stable – steady, unchanging, settled
• Strenuous – vigorous, laborious
• Strict – stringent, severe, stern
• Strong – powerful, mighty, potent
• Stupid – unintelligent, dense, foolish
• Surplus – excess, additional, extra
• Tall – high, lofty
• Tangible – concrete, definite
• Taut – tense, tight, stiff
• Tender – delicate, gentle, affectionate
• Terrible – dreadful, horrible, vile
• Thrifty – economical, frugal, prudent
• Thrive – prosper, flourish, develop
• Urgent – crucial, important
• Vacant – unoccupied, empty
• Vague – unclear, obscure, indistinct
• Valiant – courageous, brave, heroic
• Victory – triumph, win, success
• Virtuous – moral, righteous, angelic
• Weary – tired, fatigued, lethargic
• Worn – used, impaired, old
• Wrong – incorrect, untrue, mistaken
• Yield – produce, bear, provide

Useful Example Sentences

• She gave an accurate account of the case.
• After he won the amateur championship he turned professional.
• I hope your holiday will be beneficial to you.
• There was a brief pause in the conversation.
• I wish the speaker would confine himself to the subject.
• I was courteous but didn’t encourage conversation.
• The room was decorated in dubious taste.
• We were all suffering from fatigue at the end of our journey.
• She was tricked out in the gaudy dress.
• The room has the immaculate, antiseptic air of a hospital laboratory.
• This method of cultivation produces a higher yield.
• They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.
• Mrs. Jones was a very thrifty woman who never wasted anything.
• We need tangible evidence if we’re going to take legal action.
• The doctor advised Ken to avoid strenuous exercise.
• Malcolm is a shrewd and realistic businessman.
• My information comes from a very reputable source.
• We would be grateful for the prompt payment of your account.
• It’s outrageous that the poor should pay such high taxes.
• It merely underlines our rather more nonchalant attitude to life.

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